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Educaching is an innovative curriculum that combines education and geocaching. If you’ve never heard of geocaching, you can think about it as a high tech treasure hunt using your gps. We loved the idea of incorporating our gps into our school day. Munchkin would learn how to use technology, get exercise, and learn all at the same time. Sounds like a plan to me. The Educaching teacher’s manual starts off with teachers training. You will cover: What is GPS? What is Educaching? Learning the Lingo (terms you need to know in the gps, educaching world) Lesson Plans & Subject Integration…

Making Math Review Fun

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Flash cards can be a great way to learn math facts, but kids don’t always enjoy it. I created this file folder game for our workboxes as a way to review Munchkin’s math facts without it seeming like math drills. Pyramid of Numbers You can find the game board and instructions here. There are currently multiplication, addition, and subtraction card sets. While working on basic math facts is great, Munchkin also needed work on story problems. I created this file folder game to assist her in working on story problems. Leaping Lemurs You can download the game board and instructions…

October 5, 2009

Heather L

Nature Friend Magazine Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

Helping Children Explore the Wonders of God’s Creation Nature Friend magazine is a children’s magazine the whole family, including the grandparents, can enjoy. It is published twelve issues per year, six of which are gently nudged towards the older family members. Readers are encouraged to participate in the magazine by submitting art, photographs, stories, puzzles and poems. Besides the various submissions used each month, they have an annual readers’ issue that is compiled from reader’s submissions, cover-to-cover. Nature Friend magazine, begun in 1983, was first published by the Stanley Brubaker family of Goshen, Indiana. It was born out of Mr.…

Sarah’s Wish Review

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Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner The Accident It all seemed to have happened in one of those slow-motion moments. Actually, the horse heard it first-the rattle sound. The sound that leaves goose bumps on a big man’s neck. By the time the girl caught eye of it, Blackie had instinctively shied to the right. “Snake!” Rachel pointed at the coiled serpent, its mouth gaping, fangs laid bare. Blackie bolted. The sudden jerk slammed Rachel against the seat, wrenching the reins from her hands. Immediately she reached for twelve-year-old Sarah. Careening wildly along the narrow lane they furiously clutched at the…

October 1, 2009

Heather L

Awana Project: Dioramas

Posted in Christian Life, and Homeschooling

Munchkin is really excited because she is moving on to her 3rd T&T Awana book! She completed her final sections on Wednesday night. We’re really proud of her hard work. More importantly, we are thrilled with all of the scripture that she has learned so far in Awana. One of the projects that Munchkin needed to finish in order to complete her 2nd Awana book was to make 3 dioramas. I was able to locate some coloring pages online. I printed out 3 copies of the coloring pages and then cut out different layers. Once Munchkin colored all of the…